TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 2086 SUBJECT: GRB 030329: SARA Optical Observations DATE: 03/04/03 21:00:35 GMT FROM: Kevin Lindsay at Clemson.U M. Leake, M. Williams (Valdosta State University) K. Lindsay, D. H. Hartmann (Clemson University), Report on behalf of a larger collaboration: We observed the optical afterglow of GRB 030329, (=H2656, Vanderspek et al. GCN 1997), identified by Peterson & Price (GCN 1985) and Torii (GCN 1986), in the Johnson B-Band with the SARA 0.9m telescope at KPNO. We obtained 30, 300s exposures. Observations began at 03:30:39UT, and ended at 06:15:07UT, on April 2nd. The obsevations were carried out under partial cloud cover and relatively windy conditions. Aperture photometry is being carried out, and further observations are planned. More information on the SARA Observatory can be found at http://www.saraobservatory.org/. This report may be cited.